Since last year’s Federal Communications Commission’s decision to reclassify broadband Internet providers as “common carriers,” many in the telecom industry have watched with some interest the FCC’s path toward developing new Internet privacy rules. Advocates, reports The Hill, are urging haste; providers are urging caution. With the rules predicted to drop next month, The Hill report looks at the big issues at play, including an expansion of FCC authority, how new tracking technologies will be considered, the relative influence of advocates and industry, what access providers should have to consumer data, and what protections should be put in place.
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